A mass tort is a civil action involving numerous plaintiffs against one or a few corporate defendants. The tort may involve, for example, personal injuries suffered by numerous plaintiffs as a result of a defective product, or a mass disaster in which there were many injured persons, such as an airplane crash, or exposure of a large group of people to toxic chemicals or pharmaceuticals.
Clare is a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 190 at the 2000 census. Clare was settled around 1882 by immigrants from Clare County Ireland.